Sheet-supporting clip



July 3, 1928.

E. E. HENDERSON SHEET SUPPORTING CLIP Filed Feb. 10, 1928 Patented July3, 1928.

UNITED STATES ELIZABETH E. HENDERSON, 0F DEDHAM, MASSACHUSETTS.

SHEET-SUPPORTING CLIP.

Application filed February 10, 1928.

This invention relates to a clip formed by bending a single. length ofwirein such manner that an oblong clip is produced, having at one endportion a pair of gripping jaws, adapted to grasp an edge portion of aflat sheet or sheets interposed between the jaws. I

The object of the invention is to provide a clip composed of a singlelength of wire, one end portion of which is adapted to be engaged with asupport, such as a horizontal cord or wire, or a sheet of fabric, insuch manner that a sheet grasped by the jaws may. depend therefrom andbe supported in a vertical position, for display.

The clip of my invention intended particularly for use in schools, todisplay sheets bearing the handiwork of pupils.

Of the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specifieation,

Figure 1 is a side view of a clip embodying the invention. Figure 2 isan edge view of" the same. Figures and 4 are views similar to Figure 2,showing the clip suspended and engaged with a displayed sheet, Figure 3showing the clip suspended from a cord or wire, and Figure 4 showing itsuspended from a supporting sheet. 7

Figure 5 shows in perspective the clip, the displayed sheet, and thesupporting sheet as in Figure 4:.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

The clip shown by the drawings, apart from the neck and terminalhereinafter described, is of well known construction, and made from asingle length of wire, bent to form loops constituting opposed jaws 12and 13, normally in the same plane and adapted to be sprung apart by theedge portion of a display sheet 14, interposed between the jaws, asshown by Figures 3, 4., and 5. The

sheet 14. may be a single relatively thick sheet, or a plurality ofthinner sheets, arranged side by side.

In carrying out my invention, I provide the wire with an extended bentend port-ion including a neck 15, projecting laterally from one side ofthe clip, and a terminal 16, extending from the neck beside the aws, andoffset by the neck from the jaws.

The neck 15 is arranged to bear on a sup port at one side'of the clip,and the terminal 16 is arranged to extend below the support Serial No.253,352.

and prevent accidental removal of the neck and clip from the support.

The support may be a horizontally supported cord or wire 17, on whichthe neck 15 bears, as shown by Figure 3. or the support may be .avertically suspended sheet- 18, of puncturable fabric, through which theterminal 16 is passed, the neck 15 following the terminal. and bearingon the lower edge of the hole formed in the sheet 18 by the terminal,the latter preferably having a pointed end 16.

The portion of the loop shaped jaw 12 on which the neck 15 is formed isinclined as best shown by Figure 1, to locate the neck and the terminal16 in a central position midway between the longitudinal edges of theclip, so that the clip and a sheet 14. en-

gaged therewith are adapted to hang ver- I claim: 1. A clip composed ofa length of bent wire including opposed gripping jaws,

' adapted to grasp an edge portion of an interposed sheet or sheets, thewire being pro vided with an extended bent end portion including a neckprojecting laterally from one side of the clip, midway between thelongitudinal edges of the clip, and a terminal extending from the neckbeside the jaws and offset by the neck from the clip, the neck beingarranged to bear on a support at one side of the clip, and the terminalbeing arrangedto extend below the support and prevent accidental removalof the neck and clip from the support, the arrangement of the neckrelative to the longitudinal edges of the clip being such that the clipand a sheet engaged thereby are adapted to hang vertically from saidsupport. I 2. clip as specified by claim 1, the terminal. having apointed end adapted to penetrate a suspended supporting sheet.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ELIZABETH E. HENDERSON.

